Salad Bowl or Melting Pot?
When I was walking in the main campus a few days ago, I noticed a poster asking for Asian American volunteers to help doing a psychological test, with the title — “Salad Bowl or Melting Pot” — two apparently different ideologies towards Asian American — which may help to solicit more thoughts on the education … Read more
In an Age of New Literacies
The following slides highlight the conclusions/findings from the latest Pew Internet report. I felt interested to see that “New literacies will be required… the 4th “R” is Retrieval”: Future Of Internet IV | AAAS
Discourse as a “Noun” and Discourse as a “Verb”
I’m very intrigued by the work of Bloome et al (2008), where he argues that discourse in language and literacy research can be defined as a noun and also as a verb. When discourse is viewed as a noun, it implies an analysis of literacy curriculum that curriculum is not confined to acquisition of knowledge … Read more
Literacy as Power and a State of Grace
Scribner (1984)’s three metaphors of literacy resonated with me a lot when I thought about the ancient values of literacy education in China which nowadays still influences the Chinese culture. I would like to share some thoughts here. Education, esp. literacy education, was commonly viewed as a pathway to success, for lower classes climbing the … Read more
Stories about My Chinese Name
Today in class we had a class discussion regarding stories about our names, what meanings our names convey, and what identities our names might bring impact on. This is actually a good practice for English teachers to engage students in exploring and reflecting on the literacy, cultural meanings behind each other’s names. Furthermore, this practice … Read more
